Hypertensive encephalopathy extending into the whole brainsten and deep structures

Hypertension Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 797-800

  Kumai, Yasuhiro ^a   Toyoda, Kazunori ^a   Fujii, Kenichiro ^a   Ibayashi, Setsuro ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cerebral autoregulation; Hypertensive encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignant hypertension

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0036749132     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.25.797     Document Type: Article

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